Kearney Egerton, 69, a former cartoonist and writer for...

August 18, 1985

PHOENIX, ARIZ. — Kearney Egerton, 69, a former cartoonist and writer for The Arizona Republic, died Thursday night. Egerton, whose drawings and tales of the state's history made him an Arizona institution, retired from the Republic in December after more than 40 years with the newspaper.